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he's going to remind america of the clinton brand. that means bill clinton and hillary clinton. because as far as he'll concerned, 2012 is not the key decisive election. 2016 is the election he cares about. that's when hillary is going to run. he's going to talk about how great the clinton years were. he's going to tell us obama will try to carry that out, too, fwu i don't think his heart will be in it obviously. i don't think he's going to fool anybody. >> all right, but people know -- i love these endorsements. the trouble is clinton is not on the ballot. obama is on the ballot. the second trouble is, voters know that. it might be very entertaining to hear mr. cloin ton who's a wonderful public speaker, but do you think it really matters? do you think it helps is obama? >> i don't actually. i think it's going to be an invidious comparison, comparison between the effectiveness of the clinton years, especially with economics and the ineffect i haveness to put it mildly of the obama years. i think it's going to do obama some damage. >> did the gop get a good head start on this no
he's going to remind america of the clinton brand. that means bill clinton and hillary clinton. because as far as he'll concerned, 2012 is not the key decisive election. 2016 is the election he cares about. that's when hillary is going to run. he's going to talk about how great the clinton years were. he's going to tell us obama will try to carry that out, too, fwu i don't think his heart will be in it obviously. i don't think he's going to fool anybody. >> all right, but people know -- i...
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last week the senate began talking about it, bill clinton began talking about it. the next morning larry summers toked about it on a competing network. both had to issue retractions. the white house forced them to issue retractions within minutes. the white house is so afraid of any spokesman for the democratic party coming out and saying what democrats said in 2010. >> that story is tarting to get out. when barack obama is forced to admit that the economy is not doing fine that means the tax cuts are going to get extended. >> and you think the weak economy is going let mitt rom y romney -- you are a bull? >> i am a bull for those reasons and stocks are so crazy. everybody is worried about the crazy little country. the good guys are going to win greece over the weekend and here in november. >> good guys always win. i will see you tomorrow on radio. >> see you there. >> tonight on "the kudlow report" the president is trying to fool us with smoke and mirrors and make us forget about the singeing numbers. we won't be fooled again. no way. ttd#: 1-800-345-2550 ttd#: 1-
last week the senate began talking about it, bill clinton began talking about it. the next morning larry summers toked about it on a competing network. both had to issue retractions. the white house forced them to issue retractions within minutes. the white house is so afraid of any spokesman for the democratic party coming out and saying what democrats said in 2010. >> that story is tarting to get out. when barack obama is forced to admit that the economy is not doing fine that means the...
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he doesn't trust bill clinton. >> he shouldn't. bill clinton disagrees with him about three-quarters of the way. valerie jarrett was carrying the freight for the offer. >> exactly. >> did michelle obama talk to hillary clinton? >> no. you can assume if valerie jarrett is speaking to hillary clinton, michelle obama, who is connected at the hip with valerie knew all about it. there is one caveat. if obama gets in desperate straits and romney and ryan pull way ahead of him and he and bill clinton team up and put pressure on hillary, there's still a -- >> they only have 20 days, registration process and so forth. it has to happen fast. >> that's right. >> you are convinced then that hillary was offered the position? >> she was not offered it like, here's the position. but it came up in conversation. it was very clear that they were saying to her, would you accept this. she said no. >> has valerie jarrett, and i will use her as a proxy for obama. i think that's fair. >> certainly. >> has valerie jarrett and obama just given up on joe bi
he doesn't trust bill clinton. >> he shouldn't. bill clinton disagrees with him about three-quarters of the way. valerie jarrett was carrying the freight for the offer. >> exactly. >> did michelle obama talk to hillary clinton? >> no. you can assume if valerie jarrett is speaking to hillary clinton, michelle obama, who is connected at the hip with valerie knew all about it. there is one caveat. if obama gets in desperate straits and romney and ryan pull way ahead of him...
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bill clinton, closest democrats have had to a growth guy. bill strum, are you part of the entitlement wing of the democratic party. >> part of the wing of the democratic party. agree with steve, fairness means opportunity. it also means a safety net. you guys are whistling in the wind. >> robert kosta and steve forbes, won't be the first time i've whistled in the wind. polls in maryland and columbia. in a minute, we'll bring you live coverage when we come right back. i'm whistling in the wind for free enterprise economic growth. that's the winner for investors. what the world wants to know and share is here. demand media expands on the big board. introducing gold choice. the freedom you can only get from hertz to keep the car you reserved or simply choose another. and it's free. ya know, for whoever you are that day. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz.
bill clinton, closest democrats have had to a growth guy. bill strum, are you part of the entitlement wing of the democratic party. >> part of the wing of the democratic party. agree with steve, fairness means opportunity. it also means a safety net. you guys are whistling in the wind. >> robert kosta and steve forbes, won't be the first time i've whistled in the wind. polls in maryland and columbia. in a minute, we'll bring you live coverage when we come right back. i'm whistling...
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we ought to pay bill clinton's taxes. we were a lot more prosperous when clinton was president before we started the deficits. i think you can't dispute that. so the fact of the matter is we need to balance the budget. barack obama's budget is closer to being balanced. we need to do something to shore up the middle class in this country. romney doesn't give a damn about the middle class and never has. >> all he talks about, balancing the budget, all obama talks about is spending more money. he's going to tax rich producers and entrepreneurs like yourself in order to spend more on teachers. if you ever look at a chart in the last 20 years the volume of teachers has gone up threefold and the volume of students is flat. it's nonsense. >> i think the problem is that he's surrounded by people that know less than he does. i don't expect more of the president. he never worked in the real world. he doesn't understand how a business runs or survives. he's surroundeded himself with people who know less than he does. to hear governo
we ought to pay bill clinton's taxes. we were a lot more prosperous when clinton was president before we started the deficits. i think you can't dispute that. so the fact of the matter is we need to balance the budget. barack obama's budget is closer to being balanced. we need to do something to shore up the middle class in this country. romney doesn't give a damn about the middle class and never has. >> all he talks about, balancing the budget, all obama talks about is spending more...
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he will give a good speech about bill clinton. you know that's coming. it will be about him. i think what will happen here, with 40 or 50 million people watching paul ryan and mitt romney, seeing them for the first time, the republicans are going to come out of this with a big bump in the polls. i think the risk for you, my friend david goodfriend is that the democrats, people already know obama. they already know biden and they are not happy. those guys are at 46, 47%. democrats will come out with a bump down in the polls. >> can i respond? >> of course. >> planned parenthood did polling in states like ohio, wisconsin and florida. they found among women, including independent and republican women, the more they learned about mitt romney and paul ryan, the less popular those gentlemen got. i will take your point that people don't know them well yet and they will learn about them. in key constituencies in key swing states, women, independents, latinos, the more they learn, the less they like. >> charlie black, polls showed today that paul ryan is already helping the ticket in
he will give a good speech about bill clinton. you know that's coming. it will be about him. i think what will happen here, with 40 or 50 million people watching paul ryan and mitt romney, seeing them for the first time, the republicans are going to come out of this with a big bump in the polls. i think the risk for you, my friend david goodfriend is that the democrats, people already know obama. they already know biden and they are not happy. those guys are at 46, 47%. democrats will come out...
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of the president. >> i totally agree with bill clinton. they ought to extend the tax cuts, bill clinton is trying to signal for barack obama and move to the center and be a moderate, but obama's team won't do that. mark simone, i think all these left-wing guys are just ruining him. this plouffe, the campaign manager, these guys are so far to the left they won't listen to what bill clinton is trying to say, they won't lynn to what cory booker is trying to say, they won't listen to ed rendell is trying to say, and i think this is killing obama, mark simone. >> the voter is not that stupid, they get the sense they might be a nice guy and sincere, but people say, what am i voting for? four more years of this? the problem is you've got a great cabinet, but that he never consults with his cabinet. he's an introvert, a loner, they'll say he's basically out campaigning for them -- >> again, mark is definitely not playing in the real world here. i worked for the president and the administration. he consults with his cabinet intimately. >> not accor
of the president. >> i totally agree with bill clinton. they ought to extend the tax cuts, bill clinton is trying to signal for barack obama and move to the center and be a moderate, but obama's team won't do that. mark simone, i think all these left-wing guys are just ruining him. this plouffe, the campaign manager, these guys are so far to the left they won't listen to what bill clinton is trying to say, they won't lynn to what cory booker is trying to say, they won't listen to ed...
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give a great speech about bill clinton. you know that will happen. >> remember, nobody wants obama defeated more than bill clinton. he'll give a phenomenal speech and a week later in an interview do something to screw it up. >> jonathan cowan, i will concede one thing i don't like. some of the republicans are going to charlotte to cause trouble. there are 50 of them. some of the names here -- nikki haley, governor mary fallan of oklahoma. that's as low rent to me as joe biden going to tampa. i think you have a little defense here. the republicans going to charlotte. i don't like it. the main reason is republicans don't need to go. the democrats are going to hang themselves anyway. >> larry, you're spot on. they shouldn't be going there. they should let democrats have their moment in the sun. not be afraid of what they will say. let them have it. you're completely on about that. >> jimmy, i want the democrats to say what they're going to say because they will say basically what you were saying. that's why they can't win this
give a great speech about bill clinton. you know that will happen. >> remember, nobody wants obama defeated more than bill clinton. he'll give a phenomenal speech and a week later in an interview do something to screw it up. >> jonathan cowan, i will concede one thing i don't like. some of the republicans are going to charlotte to cause trouble. there are 50 of them. some of the names here -- nikki haley, governor mary fallan of oklahoma. that's as low rent to me as joe biden going...
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this is an outrage. >> this is different than bill clinton. i want to stay with this ag department. we talked about the gsa and all the corruption going on. they're willy-nilly taking taxpayer dollars. i don't know if you know how much. the reports say a couple thousand dollars and have people chant. i don't like chants, by the way. i'm offended by that part, too. how much dough did they spend on this chicago consultant? >> if they're willing to admit 200,000, it's probably a lot more. this is a government-wide program. we had the same thing going on at nasa with the administrator a couple years ago when he was going it to outreach with muslims and we had it with the fbi director last year when he met with muslim groups. it's one thing to create diversity transformation, but it's another thing to use taxpayer money for these things when it's not what the agencies are about. it's clearly inappropriate. >> this is the agriculture department. what does this have to do chanting our forefathers were immigrants? fine. what does chanting that have to do with the mission of the u.s. departm
this is an outrage. >> this is different than bill clinton. i want to stay with this ag department. we talked about the gsa and all the corruption going on. they're willy-nilly taking taxpayer dollars. i don't know if you know how much. the reports say a couple thousand dollars and have people chant. i don't like chants, by the way. i'm offended by that part, too. how much dough did they spend on this chicago consultant? >> if they're willing to admit 200,000, it's probably a lot...
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i want to go to you on this point because you worked for bill clinton. romney is saying he'll take federal spending from 24% of the economy to 20% of the economy. in the first term that could be 137b9 5 trillion. barack obama has no such thing on the table. >> i don't think he will, larry. going back to your point, the last 80 days will be purely about jobs and the economy. >> do you think? >> it will not be about tax return. it will not be about budget deficit reduction. >> do you think barack obama, for one minute, wants to talk about jobs in the economy? seriously. asking a serious question. >> he has to talk about jobs in the economy in the 5 to 7 states he and the campaign will focus on that's being discussed at dinner tables right now in those states. that's all they will talk about. >> isn't the problem all they do is trash romney? let's take this tax thing. romney says that for ten years i paid a 13% plus tax rate. harry reid is a liar. it's a smear tactic. >> it was a priority. >> joe biden said it yesterday or the kay before you will have new s
i want to go to you on this point because you worked for bill clinton. romney is saying he'll take federal spending from 24% of the economy to 20% of the economy. in the first term that could be 137b9 5 trillion. barack obama has no such thing on the table. >> i don't think he will, larry. going back to your point, the last 80 days will be purely about jobs and the economy. >> do you think? >> it will not be about tax return. it will not be about budget deficit reduction....
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there are a good number of swing voters who elected bill clinton. the economy is not better and the budget isn't balanced like it was under clinton. they need to admit they made a mistake. >> i was at dinner last night with michael barone. he's got his ipad. i think it was around dessert. he's got the ipad and comes across a michigan poll from inside michigan showed romney and obama dead heat even. that blew me away. >> who would have thought it a year ago? >> i wouldn't have thought it 90 days ago. is this a case of truth telling? b, is paul ryan is guy? i know mitt romney has family history in michigan, but is ryan the guy to work the whole mid western area? >> yes. it's even bigger than his mid western roots. i think the most important thing about mitt romney's pick paul ryan is not what it says about paul ryan but what it says about mitt romney. you heard talk about the resumÉ. the private sector experience, turning the olympics around. creating more jobs. those are great things. that says to voters he has the skills and experience to be presid
there are a good number of swing voters who elected bill clinton. the economy is not better and the budget isn't balanced like it was under clinton. they need to admit they made a mistake. >> i was at dinner last night with michael barone. he's got his ipad. i think it was around dessert. he's got the ipad and comes across a michigan poll from inside michigan showed romney and obama dead heat even. that blew me away. >> who would have thought it a year ago? >> i wouldn't have...
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now what the president is doing is precisely what bill clinton would do in this situation. he was handed leverage by the republican in the house. he's saying look, i have a balanced plan, it's something akin to what's been supported by overwhelming majorities in the u.s. population. and larry, here's the leverage. the leverage that the republicans handed president obama is if congress does what it does best, then we get the reset. so the president's going to put this plan forward and americans will react positively to it. >> dick armey, look, obama has already signed one version of this tax cut. what i see is an election year petulence on the part of president obama. i think that's why he's going to lose this general election. >> absolutely right. and, david, bless your heart, you and i both know that president clinton would have been and was at the table respectfully negotiating with a sense of knowledge and understanding of the depth of the budget and where the massages could be made. the only impediment to the project and the one that he always had to be fighting off, is
now what the president is doing is precisely what bill clinton would do in this situation. he was handed leverage by the republican in the house. he's saying look, i have a balanced plan, it's something akin to what's been supported by overwhelming majorities in the u.s. population. and larry, here's the leverage. the leverage that the republicans handed president obama is if congress does what it does best, then we get the reset. so the president's going to put this plan forward and americans...
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why don't we go back to kennedy's era or bill clinton's era or harding and coolidge. we have lots of examples what can really bring you out of a recession, but none of these are what these people want to do. they want to double down on this takeover of america, and it's killing america. i don't know why they won't change their answer when they see it's wrong time and time again. >> dean baker, let me ask you this question. it's a serious question. i posit that if we had done nothing, that is government action had stopped, if we had just let free markets adjust regarding stocks, regarding mortgages, regarding automobiles across the board, no policies, no intervention, i think we'd be in better shape today if we had just let the hiekian free market republican paul's idea of austrian economics, just let the marketplace solve the problem. this has damaged us. >> the evidence doesn't support you. we were losing 600,000 jobs a month when president obama came in to office. the stimulus began to kick in april and may of 2009. well stopped losing jobs very quickly. it fit very
why don't we go back to kennedy's era or bill clinton's era or harding and coolidge. we have lots of examples what can really bring you out of a recession, but none of these are what these people want to do. they want to double down on this takeover of america, and it's killing america. i don't know why they won't change their answer when they see it's wrong time and time again. >> dean baker, let me ask you this question. it's a serious question. i posit that if we had done nothing, that...
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. >> your former boss, bill clinton would never have gone down this road. he worked with congress to pass budgets and ultimately to balance budgets. how can you stand for this kind of attitude coming out of the senate from harry reid and also we just heard it from the white house and jay carney affirmed it. they don't care about a budget. it's interesting that you mentioned bill clinton, my former boss because one thing that was in place during the clinton years that the current budget, that rey required any bill that came to the floor or to include means of paying for whatever costs. they pay as you go rules is what got us to the balanced budget and the republicans in the house do not count as a tax and they don't count as revenue and the tax revenue. it was actually designed. >> hang on a second. i want to go back to this point because i think, phil kerpen, you put your finger on it. one of the reasons that the harry reid democrat will go along with the failure to do a budget is they don't want to vote on the paul ryan budget which contrary to what david
. >> your former boss, bill clinton would never have gone down this road. he worked with congress to pass budgets and ultimately to balance budgets. how can you stand for this kind of attitude coming out of the senate from harry reid and also we just heard it from the white house and jay carney affirmed it. they don't care about a budget. it's interesting that you mentioned bill clinton, my former boss because one thing that was in place during the clinton years that the current budget,...
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we have the same tax rates that we have when bill clinton was president. significant cuts in defense and also significant human services can you tell us. >> katie, let me ask you, before you respond to what governor dean is saying. there is logic to what howard dean is saying. i don't happen to agree with it. but i know where he's coming from. katie, let me ask you this -- katie can't hear me. we'll wait for her to get back hooked in. howard, what about the notion that i'm posing tonight -- i've said this a few times -- republicans better be careful. they're not going down your road and the democrats aren't going down your road. you have middle class tax cuts for the democrats and it sometimes sounds to me as an old reagan conservative that the republicans better watch themselves because sometimes it sounds like they are kind of defending rich people. that's their whole mantra, just defending rich people. and i think that's not where they should be. >> i would agree. if i were politically advising the republicans, which i'm certainly not, i think tom colts
we have the same tax rates that we have when bill clinton was president. significant cuts in defense and also significant human services can you tell us. >> katie, let me ask you, before you respond to what governor dean is saying. there is logic to what howard dean is saying. i don't happen to agree with it. but i know where he's coming from. katie, let me ask you this -- katie can't hear me. we'll wait for her to get back hooked in. howard, what about the notion that i'm posing tonight...
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this was the compromise pushed for, bill clinton campaigneded on it and we tricked him into signing it and he brags about it. the time requirements and the work requirements were the crucial elements of welfare reform in 1996. i was working for the senate then. to roll it back, what their argument is, we are waiving it for if you are looking for a job. okay, that's waiving it. we are exempting it if you are a hard to place family. that's waiving it. this was what hard-core liberals resigned from the clinton administration over. this is what americans want, work requirements. if he's taking it away, mitt romney is right to think american people want to know about that. >> joy, why are you so violently against this? everyone says in order to change these requirements you have to have a legislative action. you've got to bring it back to congress. the law is clear. the states want flexibility not on work rules but on financial matters and distribution. >> first of all. we have to live in a fact-based universe. it's a great talking point for the republicans because they can bring back the w
this was the compromise pushed for, bill clinton campaigneded on it and we tricked him into signing it and he brags about it. the time requirements and the work requirements were the crucial elements of welfare reform in 1996. i was working for the senate then. to roll it back, what their argument is, we are waiving it for if you are looking for a job. okay, that's waiving it. we are exempting it if you are a hard to place family. that's waiving it. this was what hard-core liberals resigned...
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bill clinton raised tax rates and we had eight years of good growth. i'm not going to say that was the reason. but the story doesn't fit. >> but here's where i'll give you a deal, dean. i'll go back to bill clinton's tax rates if in exchange you agree that we go back to the federal government only spending 18.2% of gdp if we get rid of t.a.r.p., if we get rid of sarbanes-oxley. >> we have to get rid of t.a.r.p. but unless you can make people grow younger, i don't see how you can do 18.2. i could probably pick some games for you. we could put some things off budget and then we'd be at 18.2%. but you know, much of what we spend is on people getting older. and i'm sorry, we're getting older. >> dean baker, i'm kind of crushed to hear this because i thought you wanted to abolish the deductions and the special carve-outs. i thought you were a tax reformer. and i want to add to that, what about the corporate tax? i'm going for a 25% corporate tax. that would put us even with canada if they have federal and provincial. i had dinner last night with the ambassa
bill clinton raised tax rates and we had eight years of good growth. i'm not going to say that was the reason. but the story doesn't fit. >> but here's where i'll give you a deal, dean. i'll go back to bill clinton's tax rates if in exchange you agree that we go back to the federal government only spending 18.2% of gdp if we get rid of t.a.r.p., if we get rid of sarbanes-oxley. >> we have to get rid of t.a.r.p. but unless you can make people grow younger, i don't see how you can do...
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bill richardson, he is former energy secretary under bill clinton, and gale norton, former bush 43 u.s. secretary of the interior will face off on that next up. e game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. at&t. ♪ >>> welcome back. and, yes, that's a geyser in the white house north lawn, caused by a water main break. but spokesman jay carney has -- but spokesman jay carney has his own spin on this. take a listen. >> we're drilling for oil. it's part of the all of the above. come on! part of our all of the above approach. >> so you're drilling for oil and hit water. >> extending domestic oil and gas production. >> all right. meanwhile the white house now wants the interior depa
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clinton. democrats approved that. why are you misquoting what ryan is talking about? >> what the economists that designed romney's tax plan admitted that the middle class bill for this will be an extra $2,000 a person. the people who looked at the cbo looked at ryan's voucher plan. health care costs in the first year for people under 55 go up $6,000. they will go up to $200,000 per person over a lifetime under ryan's voucher what it does is take the risk away from the federal government and give it to the individuals. out's the same as a defined contribution pension plan. i don't think that is a smart thing to do. they would be smarter to cap medicare expenses by using per patient pay. >> they are going to cap medicaid. medicare -- look. medicare advantage with, 12, 13 million people has been one of the most successful programs with seniors signing up left and right. because of the choice and competition just like members of congress have costs have actually come down. that's the whole point o
clinton. democrats approved that. why are you misquoting what ryan is talking about? >> what the economists that designed romney's tax plan admitted that the middle class bill for this will be an extra $2,000 a person. the people who looked at the cbo looked at ryan's voucher plan. health care costs in the first year for people under 55 go up $6,000. they will go up to $200,000 per person over a lifetime under ryan's voucher what it does is take the risk away from the federal government...
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clinton and newt gingrich back in 1996-1997. they can create a bipartisan compromise, which will not be perfect, will not solve everybody's concerns, but will get the job done and will help the economy, david. that's what i'm saying to you. >> let me react to that, because in a way, i really think you're right, that mitt romney had the opportunity and still has the opportunity to be that person, and the big problem he's got, the albatross around his neck, is once again, the right wing of his own party. >> oh, my, larry! >> let me finish here. >> when the ryan budget was put out, it increased the deficit by all definitions. so if he's going to play ball with his republican counterparts in congress, their popularity rating speaks for itself. they're going to drag him down. >> we all know that the paul ryan -- oh, come on, we all know that the paul ryan budget over time does bring down the deaf sismt. >> -- deficit. >> no, it's not. it's a lie. >> no, it's not. >> cbo scored it. >> let her finish. >> over time, it goes down. if you
clinton and newt gingrich back in 1996-1997. they can create a bipartisan compromise, which will not be perfect, will not solve everybody's concerns, but will get the job done and will help the economy, david. that's what i'm saying to you. >> let me react to that, because in a way, i really think you're right, that mitt romney had the opportunity and still has the opportunity to be that person, and the big problem he's got, the albatross around his neck, is once again, the right wing of...
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. >> and speaking at an energy department conference, former president bill clinton has come out supporting the keystone pipeline. mr. clinton said he was surprised that construction of the pipeline was stalled blaming on transcanada. he says the company could've routed away from controversial areas in the first place. >>> finally tonight, bad news to report, davie jones lead singer of the monkeys has died. he suffered a heart attack at his home in florida. davie jones was 66 years old. larry, the monkeys was manufactured for tv but syndication rights and music royalties made the monkeys an industry on its own. back to you. >> i liked him very much. thank you ever so much for reporting. >>> coming up on "kudlow" the ultimate fed insider. my exclusive live interview with kevin warsh, it'll be his first interview since leaving the fed a short time ago. we'll talk about the fed, life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic growth. back with more. look at all this stuff for coffee. oh there's tons. french presses, espresso tampers, filters. it can get really complicated. not nearly as complicated
. >> and speaking at an energy department conference, former president bill clinton has come out supporting the keystone pipeline. mr. clinton said he was surprised that construction of the pipeline was stalled blaming on transcanada. he says the company could've routed away from controversial areas in the first place. >>> finally tonight, bad news to report, davie jones lead singer of the monkeys has died. he suffered a heart attack at his home in florida. davie jones was 66...
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bill clinton and newt gingrich did it. chris christie in the new jersey democratic legislature did it. so why can't this crowd in washington help save the country and do something the same way? >>> house budget chair and political force to be reckoned with always, wisconsin congressman paul ryan will join me in just a few moments. >>> but first up, president obama was asked to grade himself on the economy and he assigned himself an "i" for incomplete. >> i won't give this a letter grade. think it is still incomplete. we've still got work to do. i believe we've got to invest this things like education, making college affordable, science and technology, rebuilding our roads, rebuilding the country, that all those things can be done in a sensible way while we bring our deficits down in a balanced way. i think that everybody sitting on this couch is probably going to have to pay a little bit more in taxes so we don't have to raise taxes for middle class families. and that's a different view from what mr. romney believes. >> ac
bill clinton and newt gingrich did it. chris christie in the new jersey democratic legislature did it. so why can't this crowd in washington help save the country and do something the same way? >>> house budget chair and political force to be reckoned with always, wisconsin congressman paul ryan will join me in just a few moments. >>> but first up, president obama was asked to grade himself on the economy and he assigned himself an "i" for incomplete. >> i...
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under bill clinton, another two terms, 89 times. under george w. bush, they did it 130 times. and under barack obama, who hasn't served a full term yet, it's already up to 153 times. that suggests we're out. fema-izing ourselves if there is such a word. >> you want to be careful with that data. there's a very big year in there, 2011. yes, larry, the trend is upward. once you create an entity like fema you use it a lot. it's a toy. right? the more we say rescue emergency, the more we get used to doing that. that's been a trend in our culture. the weather hasn't gotten that much worse since world war ii, say, to correlate to the number of disasters we claim and call now. so that's a problem. >> so what about -- in all seriousness, about state, local officials? romney makes a point. i don't think romney's saying get rid of fema. i didn't hear that. romney makes a point the governors and mayors and whatever, the town councilmen, they know best how to get things done. why are they losing their power? why is fema and the federal government getting so much more power? >> well, it's i
under bill clinton, another two terms, 89 times. under george w. bush, they did it 130 times. and under barack obama, who hasn't served a full term yet, it's already up to 153 times. that suggests we're out. fema-izing ourselves if there is such a word. >> you want to be careful with that data. there's a very big year in there, 2011. yes, larry, the trend is upward. once you create an entity like fema you use it a lot. it's a toy. right? the more we say rescue emergency, the more we get...
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it says the only person who knew was hillary clinton and this is exactly what bill was predicting was going to happen and why he has formed already an informal legal team to advise her on how to handle the situation because he is really afraid this is going to be a stain on her credibility and a stain on her reputation. >> and his election. and his election. >> and her election in 2016. i mean, look, the state department was watching this terrorist action in real time, ed. >> i'm not disagreeing with you with what you're saying and of course, you're right. the state department had multiple requests for security addition and the white house turned it down. >> what i'm trying to say, larry is what's happening beneath the surface is a huge battle taking place with the clintons and the obamas over who's going to take blame for this screw up. >> i think this is a hot presidential election issue, ed. >> i think it's an underrated, i know, taxes, deficits, budgets and jobs. this thing with the debts of popular ambassador and former navy s.e.a.l.s and the american consulate being overrun. peo
it says the only person who knew was hillary clinton and this is exactly what bill was predicting was going to happen and why he has formed already an informal legal team to advise her on how to handle the situation because he is really afraid this is going to be a stain on her credibility and a stain on her reputation. >> and his election. and his election. >> and her election in 2016. i mean, look, the state department was watching this terrorist action in real time, ed. >>...
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heather higgins is this a good or bad bill, plan b? >> it is the best that boehner can do in an awful situation that he's in, and he's in an awful situation for a variety of reasons. not least of which is poor messaging on the growth message. the average citizen just thinks this is about keeping tax rates low for rich people, and that republicans don't care about the middle class. they don't understand that tax increases are really bad for growth, and what this whole debate ought to be about in terms of entitlement reform and keeping taxes low is growing the economy, because that's how you actually get out of this pickle. >> i want keith to chime in on this message. let me ask you this. has john boehner and the rest of them, cantor, eric cantor, haven't heard much of him throughout this whole thing. paw ryan, paul ryan budget mfte out yesterday saying he's in favor of plan b. all of them together after the election whipping, is the republican party still looked at as the party of economic growth? the message you outlined with which i b
heather higgins is this a good or bad bill, plan b? >> it is the best that boehner can do in an awful situation that he's in, and he's in an awful situation for a variety of reasons. not least of which is poor messaging on the growth message. the average citizen just thinks this is about keeping tax rates low for rich people, and that republicans don't care about the middle class. they don't understand that tax increases are really bad for growth, and what this whole debate ought to be...